Lincoln Park, Little Italy banks robbed Tuesday

A diminutive middle-aged woman wearing sunglasses, pink gloves and a yellow t-shirt robbed a bank inside a Little Italy neighborhood grocery during the first of two separate bank robberies Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

About 2 p.m. the robber, who stands 4-foot-5 to 4-foot-7, entered the TCF Bank branch inside a Jewel Osco at 1220 S. Ashland Ave. and robbed it, according to the FBI.

The suspect was described as between the ages of 40 and 50 and wearing pink gloves, sunglasses, a jean jacket, a yellow t-shirt with red lettering, jeans, and black sunglasses, according to the FBI.

She was carrying a green bag and a reward is being offered for information leading to her arrest, according to the FBI.

Chicago Police responded to a second robbery about two hours later at a Citibank branch in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, 2001 N. Halsted St.

Police said a man approached a clerk and demanded money. While she placed about $3,000 in the bag, the suspect threatened her, saying, “Put it all in there, don’t make me pull out the gun,’’ according to a police report.

The robber then “moved over’’ to another clerk who gave him $1,700 that he placed in a light green Aldi plastic bag. He fled east on Armitage Avenue and no dye packs were placed in the money, police said.

Police searched the area and notified the FBI, but could not find the robber.